[Resolved]Power Management Settings not being saved after updating to PCLOS 2012

[chainsaw_sculptor]

A couple of months ago my system updated itself from PCLOS 2011 to 2012. All my settings were lost in the process including System Settings - Power Management.

While I'm able to set new Power Profiles they're ignored on reboot. They only work immediately after making a change to a Power Profile.

My guess is I need to delete or clear the old 2011 Power Profile settings file, as it is probably messing with the way things are done in 2012.

Where can I access the Power Profile file(s)?

Thanks!

[kjpetrie]

Things setting themselves back to some sort of default on reboot is usually an indication msec is set to ensure these settings are a certain way. As you don't tell us what won't stick it's difficult to advise further but I suggest looking in PCC-Security-Adjust security settings to see what's set there that might disagree with what you want to do.

[chainsaw_sculptor]

Sorry you've lost me, I'm not sure what the PCC-Security-Adjust is.

The setting that I'm trying to get to stick is:

System Settings - Power Profiles - Screen Energy Saving

I can set it to switch off after 15 min for example and it will. However on reboot it ignores the setting until I change and apply it again.

[kjpetrie]

PCC is the PCLinuxOS Control Centre, aka Configure your Computer. Msec is a program that checks your computer for changes it considers suspicious and reports or sets them back to what it thinks they should be. What it considers suspicious depends how it is configured.

It's likely if you can successfully change settings and then they mysteriously revert later. If you can't actually get the settings to stick at all file permissions are the usual cause.

[Ramchu]

Have a look here:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,107791.msg920870.html#msg920870

This worked for me.

[Archie]

Oooh, another one. I need to add another monitor to my two.

[chainsaw_sculptor]

It's likely if you can successfully change settings and then they mysteriously revert later. If you can't actually get the settings to stick at all file permissions are the usual cause.

Yes my monies on it being a permissions issue. Some setting that couldn't be overwritten during the 2012 update.

Have a look here:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,107791.msg920870.html#msg920870

This worked for me.

Thanks. I'm trying this now. Looks like it may have worked but I'd rather find the real cause.

[sling-shot]

Consider the following :

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~/.kde4/share/config/powermanagementprofilesrc

Source : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=134749

-SS.

[chainsaw_sculptor]

Consider the following :

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~/.kde4/share/config/powermanagementprofilesrc

Source : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=134749

-SS.

Thanks I'm trying this now because the noblank.sh tweak hasn't resolved it for me.

Decided to rename powerdevil2profilesrc and powerdevilrc as *[old] and recreate them using: Systems Settings -> Power Management

[chainsaw_sculptor]

Renaming (effectively deleting) powerdevil2profilesrc and powerdevilrc and recreating them using System Settings - Power Management, has resolved the issue for me.

Not sure why this worked as the files look the same and the permissions are fine but it seems to have worked.